When: Tuesday, 27 April 2021, 3 - 4:30 p.m. EAT
Where: Online, register here.
Join us for this Planet Unplugged dialogue among experts on the first UNEP synthesis report “Making Peace With Nature: A scientific blueprint to tackle the climate, biodiversity and pollution emergencies.”
The event will be streamed live below.
The Making Peace with Nature report makes the strongest scientific case yet for why and how collective determination must be urgently applied to protecting and restoring our planet. Drawing on a unique and comprehensive synthesis of global environmental assessments, it details the self-defeating and dangerous consequences of our overconsumption of resources and overproduction of waste.
This report presents a scientific blueprint for how climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution can be tackled jointly within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals. The expert analysis rests on the synthesis of key findings from a range of recent intergovernmental global environmental assessments and assessments prepared under the auspices of Multilateral Environmental Agreements, UN bodies and others.
While the response to the medical emergency of COVID-19 rightly preoccupies government budgets and political action, the response to this pandemic must ultimately accelerate the economic and social transformations needed to address the planetary emergency. This report defines tasks that various actors in society can undertake to ignite these transformations. “These are not just environmental issues, they are economic, development, security, social, moral and ethical issues” - Sir Robert Watson, Report Lead.
The “Making Peace with Nature report”, as well as all related documents, such as the executive summary in all UN languages, key messages and various communication products can be accessed at the following link: https://www.unep.org/resources/making-peace-nature
Speakers
- Inger Andersen, Executive Director, UNEP
- Ivar Andreas Baste, report lead and co-Chiar for the Future of GEO process Steering Committee
- Sir Robert Watson, report lead.
- Joyeeta Gupta, scientific advisor of the report and Professor at the University of Amsterdam
Moderator
- Maria Jesus Iraola, Coordinating Lead Author for the GEO-6 for Youth report
Resources
